Portugal - 2012
Have public servants been reported as being perpetrators of racist violence/hate crime?
- Code:
- RED32
- Key Area:
- Anti-racist Crime Legislation & Implementation
- Strand(s):
- Racism
| Short Answer |
No, public servants in general have not been reported as being perpetrators of racist violence. However, police has been mentioned by NGO's and in ECRI country reports as responsible for violent and discriminatory conduct with Roma and African descent citizens. |
| Qualitative Info |
In it's third report on Portugal it is stated that "ECRI is concerned that there continue to be complaints about racist and discriminatory conduct by the law enforcement agencies. Some of these complaints are submitted to the competent authorities, in particular the Commission for Equality and Combating Racial Discrimination (CICDR). For example, ECRI notes that in 2003, of the nine applications submitted to the CICDR relating to verbal or physical racist violence, seven involved members of the law enforcement agencies. In some cases, these complaints result in penalties but the majority are simply filed away for lack of evidence. More often, according to NGOs, those concerned, especially members of the Gypsy community, do not make a complaint."
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| Data | |
| Groups affected/interested | Migrants, Roma & Travelers, Ethnic minorities |
| Type (R/D) | Anti-migrant/xenophobia, Anti-roma/zinghanophobia, Inter-ethnic |
| Key socio-economic / Institutional Areas | Policing - law enforcement |
| External Url | http://hudoc.ecri.coe.int/XMLEcri/ENGLISH/Cycle_03/03_CbC_eng/PRT-CbC-III-2007-4-ENG.pdf |
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